From taking a knee to taking down Confederate monuments, movements for racial and economic justice are creatively confronting the backlash of white supremacy unleashed by the election of Donald Trump. What does this presidency and the...
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From November 6 to 17, national delegates will gather in Bonn, Germany, to take part in the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes (COP23). Every year, the COP...
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From April 26-29, 2018, the International Rosa Luxemburg Society and RLS—NYC are co-organizing an International Rosa Luxemburg Conference in Chicago. Rosa Luxemburg dedicated her life to the fight against war, poverty, exploitation, and...
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On October 19-20, 2017, we organized a Tri-National Labor Gathering with representation from 25 unions and 20 other civil society organizations to elaborate a collective response to a re-negotiation of NAFTA that privileges corporate profit...
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RSVP for this event here. The Russian Revolution is usually considered a watershed between the “long” 19th and the “short” 20th century. What Eric Hobsbawm referred to as the “Age of Extremes” was consequently...
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The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office supports the CUNY Graduate Center’s “Insurgency from Below and the Future of American Democracy”, a conference dedicated to the work of Frances Fox Piven and Richard A....
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The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office and Cooperation Jackson are co-sponsoring a “Human Rights Budgeting Workshop,” taking place September 22-24 in Jackson, Mississippi. With the rise of Cooperation Jackson and the election of...
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The Festival of Solidarity 2017 is one-and-a-half day event to build critical links between progressive activists from across North America. The festival’s theme this year will be “Living Together,” with a specific focus on racial and...
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On September 14, 1867, the Börsenblatt des deutschen Buchhandels informed the public about the publication of Karl Marx’s magnum opus, Capital, Volume I: The Process of Production of Capital....
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Photos from this event here. What exactly is the Right to the City? How does it relate to both global networks and community-based organizations? Join housing and human rights organizations from across New York and the...
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Co-hosted by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York office & Democratic Socialists of America From June 24-25, 2017, our office co-hosted a “Democratic Socialism 101” workshop in collaboration with the Democratic Socialists of...
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Reporting Back and Moving Forward: Download the report about the event here. For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. From June 15-18, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office held a retreat...
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For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. As the current crisis between the United States and North Korea demonstrates, tensions between nuclear powers are on the rise, and new global risks are posed by the...
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For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. This year’s Left Forum, the largest annual leftist gathering in North America, will be taking place from June 2-4 in New York City. This year’s Left Forum comes at a...
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For photos from this event, go here. From May 14-20, 2017, the Governor of the German state of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow (Left Party), visited the United States with a large delegation, including the state’s minister of economy, Wolfgang...
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For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. For the Joint Declaration of the Indigenous Women Leaders at the UNPFII, go to the bottom of the page. The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office,...
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The Wasserman Jewish Studies Center, the Leo Baeck Institute, and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office invite the public to a screening of and discussion about the documentary film “Chronicle of a Return: Life Paths of Jews in...
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During the first week of April, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) is convening for two meetings to share strategies for reclaiming the energy system for public and democratic control. The first meeting, “Advancing Progressive...
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For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. This year the United Nations will convene negotiations for a new international agreement to ban all nuclear weapons. Representatives from governments, international...
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Across the western world the liberal center is in decline — but it is the radical right, not the Left, which stands to benefit. Why has the Left failed to capitalize on the ongoing systemic crisis? How has it become so divorced from its...
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